Disappearing foot scraper



Feb. 1926. 1,573,046

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Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES is'zaus PETER ENDRES, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

DISAPPEARING roor SCRAPER.

Applicationfiled February 19, 1925. Serial No. 10,374.

To aZ Z 20/: out it may concern Be it known that I, Pn'rnr. Ennnns, acitizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Kansas, have invented cer ain new and usefulImprovements in Disappearing Foot Scrapers; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to in'iprovements in devices for scraping mud frompersons shoes, and while the device is intended primarily for use inconnection with the running boards of automobiles, it may also beemployed in connection with the steps and porches of buildings.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of theclass described which will be extremely simple and inexpensive, yet willbe highly eiiicient and desirable, may be quickly and easily attached,may be hidden from view when not in use, may be quickly moved to anoperative position when needed, .and will be yieldably held in eitheroperative or inoperative position.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a foot scraperin which the toot scraping blade is disposed in a steeply inclinedplane, so that said blade will be self-cleaning.

fish the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter herein after described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the cleaner in a retractedinoperative position.

Figure 2 is a. duplicate of Fig. 1 with the exception that itillustrates the cleaner extended for use.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view as in dicated by line 33 of Fig.1, and by the line 11. this view indicates the plane on which Figs. 1and. 2 are cut.

Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the scraping plate and its carryingarms.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates ahorizontally elongated scraping blade which is disposed ina steeplyinclined plane, so that it will be sa t-demur Welded, brazed orotherwise secured to the ends of the blade 1, so as to 1 ed to contactslidably with the lower side of an automobile running board 3 or withany other appropriate support. Each of these arms formed with an innerlongitudinal slot 4 and with an outer longitudinal slot5,

the inner slots receiving attaching bolts (5 passing through the support3, while comparatively long bolts 7 are passed through said support andthrough the outer slots 5. The nuts 6 of the bolts 6 contact with thelower sides of the arms. 2,'but the nuts 7 of the bolts 7 are downwardlyspaced from said arms, and washers 8 surround the bolts in contact withsaid lower sides of said arms. Coiled compression springs 9 alsosurround the bolts 7 between their nuts 7 and the washers 8. saidsprings exerting an upward pressure to frictionally bind the washers 8against the lower sides of the arms 2, so as to yieldably hold thelatter against the support 3, whether the device be forced to theretracted, obscured position of Fig. 1, or tothe projected operativeposition disclosed in Fig. 2. The spring devices also hold the deviceagainst rattling when it is used upon an automobile.

Preferably each arm 2 is of angle metal, with one flange disposedhorizontally for contact with the support 3, while the other flange 10projects downwardly and serves as locking means for the nuts 6 and 7, sothat the latter cannot work loose from the bolts and become lost. 7

Preferably, the blade 1 is provided with acute angular corners 11 whichreadily adapt themselves to scraping mud and the like from the edges ofthe shoe sole. The lower edge of this blade may well be provided with adownwardly projecting lug 12 to be engaged by the hand or foot whenwithdrawing the device :tor use.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the invention is extremelysimple and inexpensive, yet that it will be very desirable, may bequickly and easily attached to a running board or other support, will besubstantially obscured whennot in use, may be readily withdrawn when itsuse is desired, will be self-cleaning upon such use, will be yieldahlyand anti-rattlingly heldin either position, and willbe generallyadvantageous.

tally elongated scraping plate, a pair of parallel arms rigidly securedto said plate and projecting horizontally therefrom to engage the lowerside of a support, each arm havin .an inner"lon itudinal slot and ancuter longitudinal slot, attaching fasteners passing through said slotsand adapted also for passage through a support, and a compression springon at least one't'astener of each arm for exerting a yieldable pressureto frictio-nally hold such arm in contact with the lower side of thesupport.

2. A structui'e as specified in claim 1; said fasteners being in theform of bolts having nuts on their-lower ends, said arms being providedwith downwardly projecting flanges which reinforce them and engage saidnuts 'to lock the latter against loosening.

3. A "foot scraper comprising a horizontally elongated blade disposed in-a steeply inclined plane and having acute upper corners, a pair ofparallel horizontal angle metal .armsintegrally secured to andprojecting at'right angles'from said blade, one flange offeach arm beinghorizontally disposed for contact with the lower side of a support whilethe otherflange of such arm projects downwardly, said horizontal flangeseach having an inner and an outer longitudinal slot, bolts passingthrough said slots and adapted also for passage through a support,

nuts on the lowerendsof said bolts engaging said vertical flanges andbeing thereby locked-against rotation, washers on certain of said'bolts'between their nuts and the horizontal flanges of said arms, andcoiled springs on said certain bolts vinterposed between said washersand sa d-nutsi to force said washers into bindingfrictional contact withthe arms andto yieldably hold'thc latteragainst tliesupport.

In testimony w-hereofI have hereunto atfixed'my signature.

PET-ER ENDRES.

